Of course you didn’t, because that would’ve meant that you watched the season premiere of The Killing, and who is silly enough to do that? Actually, I was, and honestly, the season premiere was … it was OK. It has brilliant direction, and great acting, it’s just weighed down by the dreadful writing of showrunner Veena Sud. Sometimes, I feel like it’s a murder mystery version of a 1200 page Encyclopedia Brown story set in Seattle and directed with supreme competence. But at least there’s a serial killer at the center of this season’s investigation, and the rain machine deserves an Emmy. I will say this, too: Peter Sarsgaard is in the new season as someone on death row who may or may not have been wrongly convicted, and he is absolutely fantastic, as Sarsgaard always is. Elias Koteas is also in this season, so it’s a good enough reason (maybe) to keep up with it during the week when nothing else is on.

There’s another character in this new season, too: Jewel Staite, who many of us haven’t seen much of since Firefly, unless you’re a big Stargate Atlantis fan. She plays Holder’s live-in girlfriend in the series, and we were intrdduced to her via a cute little Firefly reference concerning Holder’s tattoo.

I admit to watching The Killing – I never took it off my DVR schedule even though I only watched a couple episodes of Season 2. Decided to give it a watch, I liked it better than what I saw of last season. The second hour was better than the first. The new improved Holder was good. Linden I can live without. The street kids seem intriguing. The show needs more people who understand police procedure, something Veena Sud is clueless about.

I like it and am into the show as of a month or so ago, however I Netflixed it so I was just imagining (*****SPOILER*****) how pissed off everyone must have been when the first case wasn’t solved at the end of the first season. To do that is pure balls / pretty dumb…I couldn’t have waited week after week for all that.

That being said, I’m pretty much all in at this point and wish it would get a little more coverage. Not GOT or Breaking Bad-level coverage, let’s not get crazy here! Just a little check-in every now and then:)